LAC 42:XV.317. Acceptance and Evaluation of Proposals

A. The corporation shall consider and evaluate all proposals responding to the RFP, which are submitted in compliance with the deadline and other requirements stated in the RFP. The corporation may waive any deficiency or non-conformity of a proposal or provide the responding business a reasonable period of time to cure the deficiency or non-conformity, provided that such action does not prejudice the status of other proposals. At any time prior to completion of the evaluation process, the corporation may request any responding potential contractors to clarify or expand upon provisions of their proposals. The corporation shall evaluate proposals in a manner consistent with the RFP and in accordance with a standard evaluation. The procurement contract shall be awarded in the corporation's sole and uncontrolled discretion.